The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Door from an Australian ammunition wagon, made from two pieces of flat steel held joined by two hinges. The samller section of steel forms the door, although the hinges are rusted in place and cannot be opened or closed. There are the remains of further two hinges on the other end of the larger piece. The smaller door carries has the remains of a Rising Sun badge in white or cream paint on the front. One short end of the door has a handle attached by three bolts and screws. A round knob set into rubber or a similar substance is located on the door between the arms of the handle.
This door came from an Australian ammunition wagon left at Gallipoli after the evacuation from the ANZAC Area in December 1915. It remained there until 1919 when it was collected by members of the Australian War Records Section or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM).
The small party of AWRS staff, led by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, worked on Gallipoli between December 1918 and March 1919, taking photographs and collecting items for the national collection. The AHM, led by Official Historian C E W Bean, visited Gallipoli from February to March 1919 to collect items for the nation, to record the area through artworks and photographs, and to explore the battlefields to answer some of the 'riddles of Anzac' for the Australian official history of the war.
Rusted cast iron 1908 pattern entrenching tool head. Both the spade and pick ends have been damaged by shrapnel. The ferrule, also damaged and distorted by shrapnel damage, is wedged into the entrench
Two damaged and rusted clips for .303 cartridges. These fragments were collected by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM). A small party o
Piece of galvanised steel, riddled with bullet and shrapnel holes. The edges of the holes, and of the piece of steel are rusted. This piece of bullet riddled steel may have been used as part of the
Folded bundle of lengths of rusted wire netting, or 'chicken wire'. There are two short lengths of British barbed wire woven into the netting, some thinner pieces of wire through part of the bundle wh
Cast metal British wire cutters. The cutters are made from four pieces - two handle pieces and two cutting pieces. One of the cutting pieces can be adjusted to allow three different cutting positions.
Damaged Mk VI blue enamel water bottle. Large sections of enamel have been chipped from the water bottle. There are four bullet or shrapnel holes in the bottle : one large hole in the front, one in th
